Chimney-top.



` Patented Nov. 2,8, i899.

c. E. B URRESS- C H l M N E Y T 0 P.

(Application med Feb. 4, 1899.)

(N0 Model.)

lilnrrn rra'rns CHARLES EDWIN BURRESS, OF ANDALE, KANSAS.

CHlVlNEY-TOP.`

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 638,172, dated November28, 1899.

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES EDWIN BUR- RESS, residing at Andale, in thecounty of Sedgwick and State of Kansas, have made certain new and usefulImprovements in Chimney-Tops, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact specification.

My invention is an improvement in chimney-tops, especially designed toprovide a top whose base may be adjusted to fit different sizes ofchimneys and whose top or rim is adapted for the connection of a smokestack or pipe, which may extend up and be held by suitable guys in orderto obtain a higher draft for a low chimney; and the invention consistsin the novel constructions and combinations of parts, as will behereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings,'Figure l is a perspective View, and Fig. 2 a partialvertical section, of my chimney-top. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view,and Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view, of one corner of the top.

As willbe seen from the drawings, my chim-4 ney-top includes a top-rimportion A, which preferably is fixed as to size and may receive thestovepipe or stack which extends upward, as shown, and a main portionwhich is adjustable laterally at its lower end in order that it may beitted on chimneys of different sizes. This main portion B is preferablyformed with the corner-sections O and the middle plates D, such middleplates and the wings of the corner-sections overlapping, as shown, sothe sections of the main portion may be spread at their lower endswithout opening the joints between such sections. At their upper endsthe sections C and D are secured to and connected by the top rim A.

To hold the sections C and D tightly together at their overlappedportions, I provide the cleats E, secured to one of the sections andoverlapping the other. In the construc` tion shown and as preferred thecleats E are secured at their middles to the outer sides of the middleplates D and overlap at their ends the outer sides of the wings of thecorner-sections G, the middle plates fitting at their-outer edgesagainst the inner sides of the wings of the corner-sections C, as shown.This construction and arrangement of the cleats operates to press thesections of the main por- Application filed February 4, 1899. Serial No.704,488. (No model.)

tion firmly together and to form tight joints, as is desired.

Neary the lower end of the base I provide lugs or projections F, betweenwhich fit the sections of the securing-band, which I will now describe.This securing-band is formed in sections G,connected together at theirends at GQ preferably by the interlocking means, as shown, andadjustable at G2, so they may be lengthened or shortened to tit thechimney on which the top is applied. This securingband holds the bottomfrom spreading when properly adj usted, and the projections F hold suchband from slipping up or down.

It will be seen that the top can be easily adjusted, and being puttogether by bolts at H can-be readily taken'apart when desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is=

1. A chimney-top substantially as described having a top-rim portion anda main portion below adjustable laterally independently of said toprimportion and composed of sections overlapping at their adjacent edgessubstantially as set forth.

i?. A chimney-top comprising a top-rim por tion and a main portioncomposed of sections secured at their upper ends to and connected atsuch ends by the top-rim portion and overlapping at their adjacent edgeswhereby they may be adjustable laterally at their lower endssubstantially as set forth.

3. A chimney-top having at its upper end a portion adapted forconnection with. a pipe or stack, and dared thence outward toward itslower end and adjustable laterally at such end substantially as setforth.

4. A chimney-top havin'g a main portion composed of the corner-sections,the middle sections lapping such corner-sections, and the cleats securedto one of and overlapping the other section and adapted to hold thesections together and to permit their adjustment substantially as setforth.

5. A chimney-top having an adjustable base and provided with asecuring-band einbracing said base and composed of sections adjustablelongitudinally and iuterlocked at their ends substantially as setforth..

6. A chimney-top having a top-rim portion and a main portion composed ofcorner-sec- IOO tions and middle plates overlappingy at their meetingedges, disconnected at such edges and secured to and connected at theirupper ends by the top rim, such corner and middle plate sections beingarranged to spring laterally at their lower e'nds whereby the Chimneytopmaybe adjusted at its base substantially as set forth.

7. A chimney-top adjustable laterally at its base and having lugs orprojections near the said base, and the securing-band fitting betweensaid lugs orprojeotions and composed of sections connected at their endsand adj ustable substantially as set forth.

8. A chimney-top consisting of the top rim, the main portion Comprisingcorner-sections having Wings and middle plates lapping at their outeredges beneath the wings of the corner-sections, such sections beingsecured at their upper ends to the top rim, and the cleats securedbetween their ends to the outer sides of the middle sections andarranged at their ends to overlap the Wings of the cornerseetionssubstantially as set forth.

CHARLES EDWIN BURRESS.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH REGAN, FR. WM. KULoNs.

